William Howard Collection

The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley
The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]

The Earl of Wicklow, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Earl of Wicklow, 1844. Portrait of Anglo-Irish politician William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow. His lordship is fifty-six years of age, tall and portly in person

Narcissus (by particular desire. ), 1833. Creator: John Doyle
Narcissus (by particular desire.), 1833. A water spout with the face of prime minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; the mythological figure of Narcissus with the face of William Howard

Arrest of Lord Howard of Escrick, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Arrest of Lord Howard of Escrick, 1897. William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick (c1626-1694), was arrested in connection with the Rye House Plot of 1683

Trial and execution of Viscount Stafford, London, 1680. Two views; at the top is an interior view of Westminster Hall showing the trial of William Howard, Viscount Stafford

Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich

HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). Artist
HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. Artist: Robert Dudley
The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. The launching of the buoy marking the spot where the cable had been grappled

The Marriage, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
The Marriage, 1863. Edward VII (1841-1910) married Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, 10th March, 1863. From A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H

The Signing of the Marriage Attestation Deed, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
The Signing of the Marriage Attestation Deed, 1863. Edward VII (1841-1910), married Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, 10th March, 1863

President Taft, 1911. Artist: Anders Leonard Zorn
President Taft, 1911. William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States (1909-1913). From The Studio Volume 68. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916]

William H Taft, Secretary of War, 1904-1908. Artist: HC White
William H Taft, US Secretary of War. William Howard Taft (1857-1930) served as Secretary of War from 1904-1908 in the Republican administration of President Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft, American president, 1910. Artist: Alyn Williams
William Howard Taft, American president, 1910. Illustration from The Connoisseur, August 1910

William Howard Taft, twenty-seventh President of the United States, 1926
William Howard Taft (1857-1930), twenty-seventh President of the United States, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow

William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Russell was a war correspondent for the Times who covered the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, Roman Catholic martyr, (1827). Artist: T Wright
William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, Roman Catholic martyr, (1827). In 1678, Howard (1614-1680) was implicated in the Popish Plot which was fabricated by anti-Catholics

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865. On the deck of the SS Great Eastern searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic on 31 July 1865

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 (1866). Preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS Great Eastern, 2 August 1865

Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, c1865. The plate is one of 26 illustrations by Robert Dudley in The Atlantic Telegraph, a book by WH Russell, 1866

William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Russell (1820-1907) was war correspondent for The Times during the Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph in the Zulu War

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